Indian teacher promoting girls’ edn wins USD 1 mn Global Teacher Prize
   Date :04-Dec-2020

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 Maharashtra school teacher Ranjitsinh Disale reacts on being announced as the winner of the USD 1mn Global Teacher Prize 2020 on Thursday. (PTI)
 
 
By Aditi Khanna :
 
LONDON,
 
Ranjitsinh Disale from Solapur district emerged as the winner from 10 finalists from across the world Disale announced that he will share 50 pc of his prize money with his fellow finalists to support their “incredible work” 
 
A PRIMARY school teacher from India was on Thursday named the winner of the USD 1-million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 in recognition of his efforts to promote girls’ education and trigger a quick-response (QR) coded textbook revolution in India. Ranjitsinh Disale, 32, from Paritewadi village in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, emerged the winner from 10 finalists from across the world for the annual prize founded by the Varkey Foundation in 2014 to recognise an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. Disale, who believes that teachers are the world’s “real change-makers”, announced that he will be sharing 50 per cent of his prize money with his fellow finalists to support their “incredible work”.